Health

Catholics strengthen pandemic front line in Vietnam

Priests, deacons, seminarians and nuns help coronavirus patients deal with pain, loneliness and depression

Vatican to require vaccination proof or negative Covid test

Decree stipulates new measures as part of efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 within Vatican City State

Food shortage hits Lao villagers amid Covid-19 lockdown

The government has imposed lockdowns in some provinces after a recent spike in coronavirus cases

Cambodia eyes tourism boost after quick Covid vaccine rollout

Six-year-olds are inoculated as the country hopes for a reopening by the last quarter

Vaccinated Philippine prelates contract Covid-19

Bishops urge churchgoers to pray for the recovery of Cardinal Advincula and Bishop Alminaza

'Burnt out': Philippine nurses battle Covid, resignations

More than 5,000 nurses have been given the green light to go abroad this year

Covid locks down two convents in the Philippines

At least one nun dies after more than 130 sisters and staff are struck down by virus in Manila

Reach out to and touch people in misery

The Covid-19 pandemic is a call to religious and humanity to ease the suffering of its helpless victims

Corruption scandals rock Christian hospitals in Pakistan

Accusations of nepotism, graft and maladministration 'are ruining the good names of several famous institutions'

Vietnamese fleeing virus found in refrigerated truck: media

Vietnam has been battling a devastating fourth wave of the virus since April and tens of millions of people are under stay-at-home orders

Vietnam medical workers warned not to quit jobs

As the Delta variant spreads in Ho Chi Minh City, health workers could be punished if they resign

Suicide only way out for desperate Thai tour guides

Millions who make a living catering to foreign tourists have fallen on hard times as the pandemic rages on

The creeping Talibanization of Pakistan

Filipino doctor announces vice presidency bid

Cambodian children face crisis from poor diets

Families seek diocese's help to free 21 Indonesian farmers

Myanmar's Christian region sees rising number of refugees

Christ's cross an invitation to set aside divisions, says pope